High-tech fish farming
In a move set to boost
Singapore’s food security,
local company Apollo
Aquaculture Group will be
the first fish farm in
Singapore to set up a
joint venture in Brunei. The
new Bruneian farm includes
a three-storey farming
facility similar to the one that
Apollo has in Lim Chu Kang.
Level 3
What’s grown here:
White shrimp
• Ambient
temperature is kept at
a warm 41°C needed
for prawns to grow
• About 3,240kg of
prawns are produced
a year
• Sensor probes in the tank can
Levels 1 and 2
measure different parameters
such as salinity, dissolved oxygen
levels and temperature
• Cameras are located above the
tanks so that the farm can monitor if
the fish are eating well
• Aquaculture ozone water is released
into the tank. This sterilises the water
and helps to keep fish healthy
• Water in tank is cleaned and then
reused again
What’s grown here:
Pearl grouper,
Coral trout
• Surroundings are
kept dark so as to
mimic the fish’s
natural habitat
• Water flow in tanks
mimics that of
seawater so that fish
can grow in an
environment as close
to their natural
habitat as possible
• A Moving Bed Bio
Reactor is used to reduce
nutrients and sludge from
recycled water before it
goes into the fish tank
Productivity in numbers
The farm is able
to produce
83
tonnes
of fish a year
with four ponds
Traditional farming
produces about
15
tonnes
a year with the same
amount of space
Other benefits
• Fish are protected from external
This makes
Apollo’s
farm almost
6
times
more
productive
For shrimps, the farm
can produce up to
Traditional
farming puts
out about
3,240kg 1,080kg
a year on just one
floor alone
a year
factors like algae blooms and oil spills
• Parameters such as salinity and
dissolved oxygen levels can be
controlled remotely, reducing
manpower costs and allowing for
quick response time
• Tiered system overcomes land
constraints
Source: APOLLO AQUACULTURE GROUP STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS